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Federalism: Ensuring Limited Government and Individual Liberties

Explore the significance of federalism in restraining government power and protecting individual liberties. Learn about the different types of government powers, including delegated, expressed, implied, and inherent powers. Understand the powers held by the states and how conflicts are addressed.

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Federalism: Ensuring Limited Government and Individual Liberties

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  1. Chapter 4 • Section 1

  2. Why Federalism? • Gov’t poses a threat to individual liberties. • Gov’t power must be restrained • Dividing gov’t power will prevent an abusive gov’t

  3. National Government Powers • Delegated Powers: the nat. gov’t only has those powers delegated (granted) to it in the Constitution. • 3 Types

  4. Expressed Powers (enumerated) • Powers given specifically to the National Gov’t in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution • There are 27 Expressed Powers, some examples are to: • Coin money • Declare war • Regulate interstate commerce

  5. Implied Powers • Not directly written in the Constitution, but are implied by the expressed powers. (Given in the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article 1, Section 8) • McCulloch vs. Maryland • Examples • Coin Money = Power to create a Mint • Create an army = Power to create military schools

  6. Inherent Powers • Powers that a government has because it is sovereign in the world community. • Examples: • Regulate Immigration • Recognize other countries (states)

  7. Powers of the States • Reserved Powers: powers that the Constitution does not grant to the nat. gov’t, but also does not deny to the states (10th Amendment) • Most government power is held in the states. • Concurrent Powers: Held by both the nat. and state gov’ts • Example: collect taxes

  8. How are conflicts addressed? • Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution

  9. McCulloch vs. Maryland

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